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Welcome!
I’m Allen, glad you’ve joined!
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Welcome to KNOCKOLOGY. I am a big fan of your eBay store and your photography!
I am happy that I sold you once a Theo Altender leadholder!
- Abe (Ibrahim)
Very nice! Welcome aboard! -Ron
Welcome to the forum!
Hi, Dan! Welcome to Knockology!
Hallo @lsd300 , great to see you here!
Please allow me to put a couple of questions, since you decided to start with one of my favourite brands when it comes to leadholders:
- Fixpencil 31 (I see one in your picture): is it a twist-advance mechanical pencil for fat/greasy lead cores? I have never seen one “live”, but I truly cannot tell what is going on there.
- Fixpencil 77 (there is one in your picture, again): could it be that there exist a version of this pencil which is “bare”, i.e. made only of the aluminum of the barrel, without any coating?
Congratulations on your stubby, tiny, super-cute Fixpencil 23: the more I see pictures of those around, the more I crave one… 
Here are close ups of the C D’A 31 and the closest version I know of a “paintless” CDA (although labeled not exactly “only” CDA) .. and friends
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Welcome, Dan. Glad you are here.
The green one in the last photo reminds me of Tru-Point Standard model.
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Kinda..too srtaight in the barrel…but the lack of clear imprint gives it that K+E version look
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The colored ones look as long as the 77.. is that accurate?
The colored ones are 5 5/8", the “clear” one ie 5". The fishes (77) are 6"… all versions.
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I see… Ecrifix! A semi-straightforward derivation from CdA. Interesting variation on the “bare aluminum barrel” theme.
Thank you @lsd300 for taking the time to answer. 
Also, nice to see the Kern company logo on a CdA body: I spotted some Kern-branded leadholders some time ago, but they were all from KIN (mostly, 5611 and 5616 with some kind of “Kern Theodolites” imprint on the barrel), in what probably was some salesman’s presentation box.
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